Surname Kmetić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kmetić families are Croats (from Velika Gorica area ), barely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kmetić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (20), Zagreb (15), Alilovci in Pozega area (10), Donja Pacetina in Zabok area (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kmetić (including: Kmetic , Kmetich and Kmetitsch ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Kmetic " is used by some 60 people in Uganda , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Kmetich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Kmetić, Neven Kmetić, Stjepan Kmetić, Silvester Kmetić, Romina Kmetić, Ljubica Kmetić, Janko Kmetić, Aleksandra Kmetić, Marijan Kmetić, Renata Kmetić, Dario Kmetić, Dijana Kmetić, Brankica Kmetić, Paulina Kmetić, Melita Kmetić, Mario Kmetić, Ivica Kmetić, Višnjica Kmetić, Katica Kmetić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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